A friend of mine is interviewing for a new job. What was supposed to be one interview has morphed into three. All, it did was bring up bad memories for me. There is nothing as hopeful and agonizing as interviewing for a position. I probably could write a book on interview catastrophes.
The first catastrophe was when I was near graduating from the Boston University School of Law for my tax LLM. I interviewed with an insurance company. The general agent said the job was for $35,000. I went through about a half dozen interviews with almost every agent in the office. I think I was around the 7th interview, told the general agent I needed an answer, and he said the job was for $30,000. That was that.
The last catastrophe was interviewing as an attorney for what is now, a well-known recordkeeper and third-party administrator. They played the old job bait and switch where the job posting offer was a lot higher than what they offered me. When I then asked about the work-flex time that they happily advertised, the job was pulled.
When Interviewing people for positions, don’t lead them on, and don’t waste their time. Advertise the salary range that is accurate ($50,000 to $200,000 is not accurate because I know you’ll offer closer to $50k) and you can fifure if someone is good enough within 2-3 interviews, this isn’t like dating in contemplation of marriage.
